CHAOYANG

BSBCMM401AStudent Name:Xiaoyan Zhao

Student ID:C61965

IntroductionLocationNameEconomyLandscape Geography

LocationChaoyang is located in the Northeast of

the People’s Republic of China ,almost directly in between the capital of the province, Shenyang, and the capital of China, Beijing. With a vast land area of almost 20,000 square kilometers, it is the largest prefecture in Liaoning, and forms the border with Hebei Province and the Inner Mongolia.

NameThe name “Chaoyang” originates from a

poem found in one of the oldest collections of Chinese poetry, the Shijing.“A wutong tree grew on a mountain. A fenghuang bird perched at the top and sang towards the morning sun” (Chaoyang’s name means “morning sun” in Chinese).

　 EconomyAgriculture forms the backbone of

Chaoyang's economy. In addition to wheat, corn, beans, and potatoes, Chaoyang is also an important region for the growing of cotton and fruit. The city has also begun to venture into the production of shaji(sea-buckthorn berries), which have become popular in China because of their dual use as food and as medicine.

LandscapeChaoyang Bird Fossil National Geopark ,

On this site during the 1990's, fossils were found that revolutionised human understanding of dinosaurs and the evolution of birds. In Chaoyang, they found feathered dinosaurs as well as some of the earliest examples of birds.

Daling River

Fenghuang Mountain

Fenghuang MountainFenghuang Mountain is a famous historic

mountain in western Liaoning, well known in ancient times as a Buddhist shrine.

Fenghuang MountainAbout 1660 years ago, historically the

earliest temple of Northeast China, Longxiang Buddhist Temple, was established in the mountain, and is today regarded as the ancestral temple of Buddhism in Northeast China.

Geography

Chaoyang has a rather dry, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate characterised by hot, humid summers, due to the monsoon, and dry, cold winters, the four seasons here are distinctive.

Geography Nearly half of the annual rainfall

occurs in July and August alone. Monthly mean temperatures range from −9 °C in January to 24°C in July, for an annual average of 9 °C.

ConclusionLocation ,name, landscape of my hometown, I

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